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S. J. MITCHELL, OF SI'I". LOUIS, MISSOURI.

Letters Patent IVO. (58,225, dated A11/gust 2T, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BAIE TIE.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONOERN:

Beit known that I, S. J. MITCHELL, of St. Louis, inthe county oi` St. Louis, and State of'hl'issouri, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Cotton-Bale Ties; und I do hereby declare that the following is a full, olea-r, and exact description thereof, which will enoble others skilled in the art to make and use the sume, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ot' this specification, in which- Fignre I is an under side View of my improved bale-tie attached to an iron hoop as placed on la. cotton-hule.

Figure 2 is a section through the hoop and tie, taken in the line :z: 9:, iig. I.

` Figure 3 is a section ofthe bale-tie detached.

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This invention relates toan improved construction of a. fastening for the ends ot'iron l1oops to secure them on e. cotton or other bale, and consists in a malleable east-iron or other met-al plate, having n. slot in it wideand long enough to admit the two ends of a hoop side by side-'when inserted in the slot to secure them, and provided with a pin projection in the slot to pass through a hole to be made in one end of the hoop, and another pin project-ion on the under side ofthe plate to go through the other end of thehoop, when the ends are fastened, in order to secure and prevent them from slipping. i Y

A is the metal plate, made thicker in the middle than at the ends, and having a cross-slot, a, extending from one side nearly across the plate, as shown in `tig. I. On the inside of the slot va is a projecting pin, c, on one wing, t2, of the plate, and on the under side ofthe other wing' d is another projecting pin, a', both of which pins pass through holes to be punched in the iron hoop Il, as shown in iig. 2. 'The lap e of the hoop is introduced-in slot a from the upper side of the plate A, and lieu iat under the plate :1nd the hoop next the bale to which it is attached; and the pin cJ passes through o. hole in the lap e. The lap e on the other end ot' the hoop is introduced into the slot a from the under side of thel plate, and lies flut onthe upper :side of the plattand the hoop, and the pin cl passes through the lap e to `hold it fast.

Having described my invention, I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent'- A cotton-bale tie, formed of a metal plete, A, having a slot, a, nearly across it, and t-hepins e u ou the wings d d, constructed and operating as herein specified.

S. J. MITCHELL.

Witnesses:

J AMES GARVIN, VALENTINE I?. CARPENTER. 

